Lamb carrier



De c. 28 1926.

F. OLIVER LAMB CARRIER Filed April 1'7, 1926 Inventor v Finn/r 0/109, 1

By W Mum.

Attorney Patented Dec. 28, 1926.

UNITED STAES FRANK OLIVER, OF JOHN DAY, OREGON.

LAMB CARRIER.

Application filed. April 1'7, 1926. Serial No. 102,711.

My present invention has to do with the handling of new born lambs.

A new born lamb is ordinarily wet and slimy, and disagreeable to takehold of by hand, and moreover if a lamb is grabbed by one leg when it isnew born and tender is frequently gives rise to lameness. Moreover a newborn lamb cannot be properly handled by hand in such manner that themother sheep will follow the carriedlamb.

WVith the foregoing in mind, my lnvention contemplates the provision ofa carrier through the medium of which the lamb may be picked up when itis lying down or when it is in any other position, and the lamb may beconveniently carried and in a manner comfortable to the lamb and withoutliability of subjecting it to any injury, and the lamb may beconveniently carried by an operative at a point adjacent to the groundwhere the mother sheep can conveniently smell the lamb so that themother sheep following the lamb will be assured.

My invention also contemplates the provision of a lamb carrier socharacterized that itis susceptible of being readily engaged with alamb, and this in such a manner that when raised from the ground thelamb is well balanced and may be carried with facility; it beingunderstood in this connection that when a lamb is dropped it isdesirable to carry the lamb from what is known as the drop band to alambing shed, the lamb being carried and the mother sheep following.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a lamb carrier ofsuch type that it is adapted to be used to advantage as a neck hook incatching and holding sheeps in a lambing shed or in any other place.

To the attainment of the foregoing, my invention consists in theimprovement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification Figure1 is a view showing a lamb by dotted lines and also showing in fulllines my novel lamb carrier as properly arranged for the raising of thelamb and for the convenient carrying of the lamb.

Figure 2 is a view illustrative of the mode of using my novel device asa neck hook.

Figure 8 is a broken side elevation, partly in section, of my novelcarrier.

Figure 4 is an elevatlon of the carrier taken at right angles to Figure3 and from a viewpoint at the left of Figure 3.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all ofthe views of the drawings.

My novel lamb carrier comprises a handle 1 and a portion 2 of generalhook-shape. The handle 1 is preferably of wood and about three feet inlength, and the hookshaped portion 2 is preferably formed of wire ofsuitable caliber and character. In the preferred embodiment of myinvention the hook-shaped portion 2 includes terminals 3 desi ned toform a shank. The said terminals 3 are socketed in the end of the handle1 that is reinforced by a ferrule 4, and the said terminal-portions orshank portions 3 are merged into oppositely directed heel portions 5which are disposed in the same vertical plane as the handle 1. At theirouter ends the portions 5 are merged into the side portions 6 of thehook, the said side portions 6 being curved substantially as shown andbeing merged in turn into a bill portion 7 with a forwardly directedloop 8 of flared type at its middle.

Through the medium of the handle 1, the hook-shaped portion of my novelcarrier is adapted to be positioned under the belly portion of a lamband between the fore legs and the back legs, and this without thenecessity of the operative stooping to any material extent. l/Vhen thehook-shaped portion of the carrier is positioned as indicated relativeto a lamb, and the carrier is lifted through the medium of the handle 1,which is alined with and extends upwardly from one end wall of the hookshaped portion 2, the lamb will be raised and may then be convenientlycarried at a point adjacent to the ground where the mother sheep cansmell it so that the mother sheep will follow the lamb to the lambingshed, and when the latter point is reached, the lamb may be deposited onthe ground and the carrier disengaged so that the transfer of the lambto the lambing shed will not be attended by any disagreeable features orby any injury whatsoever to the lamb.

As made clear by Figure 2 of the draw ings, my novel device is alsoadapted to be used to advantage as a neck hook for enablin g a stock manto conveniently catch and hold grown sheep and this without injuring thesheep.

It will be appreciated from the foregoing that notwithstanding theimportant purpose that my novel lamb carrier is adapted to serve,'thecarrier is simple and inexpensive in construction and is adapted to lastfor an indefinite period.

While I prefer to employ the precise construction herein illustrated anddescribed, I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to thesaid precise construction, my invention being defined by my appendedclaim Within the scope of which modifications may be made withoutdeparture from my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Iatent, 1s:

A lainb carrier comprising a handle adapted to be carried in uprightposition, and a hook-shaped portion at the lower end and substantiallyat one side of the said handle, the said hook-shaped portion havingpendent heel parts alined with and resting in the same yertical plane asthe handle and extending in opposite directions from the lower endthereof, and also having dished side parts extending downwardly andlaterally and upwardly from the outer ends of the heel parts and furtherhaving a bill joining the forward ends of the side parts; the said billbeing provided at its middle with a flared curvilinear and forwardlyextending loop.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature.

FRANK OLIVER.

